A distinct type of reunion. The Vanderpump Guidelines solid is making ready to handle all their drama — each onscreen and off — after filming season 10.
Earlier than the hit Bravo sequence returned with new episodes in February 2023, the subject on everybody’s thoughts was Tom Schwartz and Raquel Leviss‘ relationship. Amid his divorce from Katie Maloney, Us Weekly confirmed in August 2022 that Schwartz and Raquel attached at Scheana Shay and Brock Davies‘ nuptials. (The Minnesota native and Katie finalized their divorce two months later.)
Nonetheless, solid and followers alike have been in for a shakeup when information broke in March 2023 that Tom Sandoval and Ariana Madix had cut up after almost a decade of relationship as a result of he cheated with Raquel.
“The cameras haven’t stopped rolling since Wednesday night time. It’s not an understatement to say this would be the most explosive season of Vanderpump Guidelines ever,” a supply completely informed Us following the TomTom co-owner and Ariana’s breakup.
Bravo later confirmed that Kristen Doute would return to movie scenes with Ariana after being fired in 2020 for previous racist conduct. The He’s Making You Loopy creator was noticed arriving at her former costar’s home in March 2023 because the drama unfolded. (Kristen dated Sandoval from 2007 to 2013 earlier than he moved on with the Florida native.)
In response to the dishonest drama, Sandoval issued a public apology to his now-ex-girlfriend after solely addressing the backlash his Los Angeles enterprise acquired when he initially broke his silence.
“I need to before everything apologize to everybody I’ve damage by means of this course of. Most of all, I need to apologize to Ariana,” the Missouri native wrote through Instagram in March 2023. “I made errors, I used to be egocentric and made reckless choices that damage any individual I really like. Nobody deserves to really feel that ache so traumatically and publicly.”
He added: “I can solely think about how devastating this has been for Ariana and everybody round us. I really feel actually horrible about that. My greatest remorse is that I dishonored Ariana. I by no means meant to disappoint so many individuals, together with our loving households and mates.”
Raquel, for her half, additionally mirrored on the drama in her personal assertion. “I need to apologize for my actions and my selections foremost to Ariana, and to my mates and the followers so invested in {our relationships}. There isn’t any excuse, I’m not a sufferer and I need to personal my actions and I deeply remorse hurting Ariana,” she wrote through Instagram.
In her prolonged message, Raquel famous that she was planning to talk to “a counselor” about her points. “I’ve sought emotional validation by means of intimate connections that aren’t wholesome with out regard for my very own well-being, generally negatively affecting others and sometimes prioritizing the intimate connection over my friendships,” she added. “I’m taking steps to grasp my conduct and make more healthy selections.”
Though Ariana didn’t publicly handle the controversy straight away, Lisa Vanderpump supplied an replace on how she was doing throughout an episode of Watch What Occurs Dwell With Andy Cohen in March 2023.
“I’ve seen Ariana and I’ve [filmed] together with her. It’s an integral a part of the story now. I’d say the phrase I’d use [to describe her] is devastated,” the Actual Housewives of Beverly Hills alum mentioned earlier than filming the reunion.
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